PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
(The Challenges of Middle and Late
Adolescence)
Katrina A. Domael, LPT
Objective/s:
▪ Discuss developmental tasks and challenges being
experienced during adolescence.
▪ Evaluate one’s development through the help of
significant people around him/her (peers,
parents, siblings, friends, teachers, community
leaders).
▪ Identify ways that help one become capable and
responsible adolescent prepared for an adult life.
“The troubles of
adolescence eventually all
go away – it’s just like a
really long, bad cold.”
- Dawn Ruelas, 2002
The story of “Life with the
Wright Family”
Activity:
• Divide the class into groups of 5 or 6
members.
• Each group will identify challenges you
encountered as an adolescents.
• Plan a role play on a specific situation in
which a developmental challenge of middle
adolescence is seen in your everyday living.
• Perform your role play in class.
Activity:
•In a piece of paper, write down the
idea or the full interpretation of
your play.
As an individual and as an
adolescent, do you experience
challenges?
Were you able to manage the
challenges you encountered?
Challenges of Late Adolescence
Physical Development
▪ Most girls have completed the physical
changes related to puberty by age 15.
▪ Boys are still maturing and gaining
strength, muscle mass, and height and
are completing the development of
sexual traits.
Emotional Development
▪ May stress over school and test scores.
▪ Is self-involved (may have high
expectation and low self-concept).
▪ Seeks privacy and time alone.
▪ Is concerned about physical and sexual
attractiveness.
Emotional Development
▪ May complain that parents prevent him
or her from doing things independently.
▪ Starts to want both physical and
emotional intimacy in relationships.
▪ Experiences of intimate relationships.
Social Development
▪ Shifts in relationship with parents
from dependency and subordination
to one that reflects the adolescent’s
increasing maturity and
responsibilities in the family and the
community.
Social Development
▪ Is more and more aware of social
behaviors of friends.
▪ Seeks friends that share the same
beliefs, values, and interests.
Social Development
▪ Friends become more important.
▪ Starts to have more intellectual
interests.
▪ Explores romantic and sexual
behaviors with others.
Mental Development
▪ Becomes better able to set goals and
think in terms of the future.
▪ Has a better understanding of complex
problems and issues.
▪ Starts to develop moral ideals and
select roles models.
Encouragement
vs.
Discouragement
Encouragement: The Courage to be Imperfect
Encouragement is the key ingredient
for improving your relationships with
others.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
"Therefore encourage one another and
build each other up, just as in fact you
are doing."
Most commonly, we discourage in five general ways:
▪ We set standards that are too
high for others to meet because
we are overly ambitious.
Most commonly, we discourage in five general ways:
▪ We focus on mistakes as a way to
motivate change or improved
behavior.
Most commonly, we discourage in five general ways:
▪ We make constant comparisons
(self to others, siblings to one
another).
Most commonly, we discourage in five general ways:
▪ We automatically give a negative
spin to the actions of others.
Most commonly, we discourage in five general ways:
▪ We dominate others by being
overly helpful, implying that they
are unable to do it as well.
The Power of Personal
Declarations…
■ is a living document that you modify often
■ it represents your hope, goals, dreams and listing of who
you are at your core.
■ “We must realize that our lives could be gone in a
moment. There are no guarantees that we will be here at
this time next year.
■ Learn to live each day to the fullest. Don't complain.
Don’t focus on what’s wrong. Be grateful for the
opportunity to experience each day.”
■ “When you go through a disappointment, when you go
through a loss, don’t stop on that page. Keep moving
forward. There’s another chapter in front of you, but you
must be willing to walk into it.”
SLOGAN
(Personal Declaration on Being
Happy)
■ I would rather be happy and glad ■ I'd rather give you the shirt off my back
Than depressed and sad, Than to see you ever wear a sack,
Helpful and always giving I would even give you my shoes
And always happily living. If a long journey you did choose.
I enjoy being honest and truthful I would rather call you my friend
And always feeling very youthful, By the days very end,
And always being there Even if you I do barely know
To give both my love and my care. I will not think or ever call you my foe.
I enjoy being everyone's equal Of no one am I ever ashamed
And not their sequel, No ones being will ever go unclaimed
I enjoy that I never do judge And I would be proud of you at my side
Unto no one do I hold a grudge. Even if you felt you had everything to
I would rather pick you up from hide.
the ground I would rather be all alone
Than to ever let you down, Even ignored and not ever known,
And I enjoy from happiness to Than to argue or fight or to be mad
wear a smile I would rather just be happy and glad.
Than from hate and tricks to wear
guile. Randy L. McClave
Instructions:
1. Read the essay on “Being Happy”.
2. Choose a phrase, sentence, or
paragraph that strikes you.
3. Make a slogan or personal
declaration on how you can be
committed to your self-
development.
Explain your thoughts and feelings
about it. Include specific ways in
which you will develop yourself
further.
Being Happy…
